Crisp-Dooly County GaArchives News.....SHEPPARD-SANDERS FAMILY GATHERS FOR REUNION AT DOOLY CAMP GROUND September 23, 2007
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CORDELE DISPATCH September 23, 2007
 ALMOST 100 YEARS AFTER THIS FAMILY PHOTO WAS TAKEN, MEMBERS OF THE SHEPPARD
-SANDERS FAMILY GATHERED ON AUG.12 FOR A REUNION AT DOOLY CAMPGROUND NEAR VIENNA.
 ILA CAPE OF CORDELE WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE ELDEST FAMILY MEMBER ATTENDING. THE
YOUNGEST WAS JONAH TURNER, AND THE ONES WHO TRAVELED THE FURTHEST WERE KAY AND
SAM WALLS, AND EMILY AND CLIFF INSALL ALL OF TEXAS.
 THE FIRST RECORDED GATHERING OF GEORGE W. AND MARY JANE STRIPLING SHEPPARD WAS
IN AUGUST OF 1908 AT THE HOME OF JOHN SHEPPARD ON 14TH AVE. IN CORDELE.
 GEORGE W. AND MARY HAD SEVEN SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS WHO REACHED ADULTHOOD.
MOST OF THEM REMAINED IN THE CRISP AND DOOLY AREA.
 APPROXIMATELY 138 DESCENDANTS OF JOHN SHEPPARD, BENJAMIN SHEPPARD,LEE SHEPPARD,
ROME SHEPPARD,WILL SHEPPARD, GEORGE T.(JAKE) SHEPPARD,DAVID JACKSON SHEPPARD,
IDA SHEPPARD SANDERS, MAMIE SHEPPARD CAUSEY, AND ANNIE SHEPPARD PERRY MET FOR
THE 99TH REUNION.   

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